Detachable drip-cup for umbrellas.



R. WINKELMAN. DETAGHABLE DRIP 0UP FOR UMBRELLAS. APPLIOATION FILED JUNE18, 1908.

Patented'July 13, 1909.

UNITED srArEs r a rnur OFFICE.

RICHARD WIN KELMAN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

DETACHABLE DRIP-CUP FOR UMBRELLAS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD i VINKEL- MAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Philadehaliia, in the county of Philadelphia and.State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful DetachableDrip-Cup for Umbrellas, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in umbrella attachments adaptedto catch and hold the drip from the umbrella when the latter has beenclosed and inverted.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide a drip cupfor umbrellas that is simple in construction, eflieient in use andcomparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a drip cup forumbrellas that is neat and sightly in appearance and which in effect hasthe appearance of being the ordinary end of the umbrella rod.

Other objects of the invention relate to details of construction whichwill be pointed out hereinafter.

The invention consists of the improvements hereinafter described andfinally claimed.

The nature, characteristic features and scope of the invention will bemore fully understood from the following description taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings forming part hereof and in which:

Figure 1, is a top or plan view of the drip cup embodying the invention.Fig. 2, is a view in central section illustrating the drip cup of theinvention applied to an umbrella having a metal rod. Fig. 3, is a viewin elevation thereof. Fig. 4, is a view in section taken upon the lineAB of Fig. 3, but detached from the umbrella. Fig. 5, is a view insection taken upon. the line CD looking upward and Figs. 6 and 7, arefragmentary views in elevation and central section illustrating the dripcup of the invention applied to an umbrella having a wooden rod.

Referring to the drawings, and more particularly to Figs. 1 to 5,inclusive, the drip cup is shown to comprise an elongated tubelikemember A, provided at its base with a steel or other tip G, and havingat its top a generally flaring or funnel-shaped portion B. Centrallydisposed with respect to the member A, and shown as being arrangedwithin the funnel-like portion B, thereof is a Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed June 18, 1908.

Patented July 13, 1909.

Serial No. 439,218.

short tube section F, the top of which is shown as coming flush with theupper rim of the funnel-like portion B. As clearly illustrated in Figs.2 and 4, this tube section F, is provided with a screw-threadedexterior 1. Located beneath the short tube section F, and shown as beingformed integral therewith is a spider shown to comprise a series ofblades C, having therebetween water passages J. It has been foundconvenient in manufacture to arrange the blades C, at an inclinationwith respect to each other, as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 4.

In practice the tube section F, together with its complemental spidermay be secured within the member A, by brazing or other suitablemethods. In order to connect and hold the drip cup of the invention tothe tip of the umbrella rod E, it is necessary to remove or cut off thelower part of said umbrella rod including its complemental ferrule sothat the said rod will extend beyond the umbrella cover but a shortdistance. The interior of thistruncated rod E, is then screw-threaded asat N, in order to receive the screw-threaded tube section F, as clearlyillustrated in the drawings. By this construction the drip cup may bescrewed to the umbrella rod E, in such manner that the flaringfunnel-like portion B, thereof will come adjacent to the umbrella coverH, thus presenting to the eye an umbrella attachment that is neat, andattractive and that does not present a detrimental appearance to theumbrella.

From the above description it will be readily understood that the dripfrom the umbrella when in closed or inverted position will pass by wayof the funnel-like portion B, and openings J, to the interior of themember A, from which the accumulated water may be readily removed byunscrewing the drip cup A, and pouring the contents thereout, or bymerely placing the umbrella in upright position and permitting the waterto run out.

Referring now to Figs. 6 and 7, the tubelike member A, is provided witha centrally arranged socket L, that terminates in a spider comprisingblades K, having openings therebetween and which may be secured to themember A, in any desired manner. Shown as being seated within thissocket L, is a wooden umbrella rod M, which may be secured to place bymeans of a rivet 0.

What I claim is:

1. The combination of an umbrella rod having a truncated andscrew-threaded. end, and a drip cup comprising a rigid tube-like memberterminating at its upper end in a flaring mouth arranged within which isa comparatively short screw-threaded member adapted for application tothe said rod, and a spider also within the flaring mouth connecting thesaid screw-threaded member and the tube-like member said spider servingto permit water to gravitate within the said tube.

2. A drip cup for umbrellas comprising an elongated straight tube havinga flaring mouth and a spider adapted for the passage therethrough ofwater, located within said tube adjacent to said flaring mouth, saidspider terminating in an upwardly extending member adapted to havesecured thereto a truncated umbrella stem.

3. A drip cup for umbrellas comprising an elongated rigid tube-likemember having a flaring mouth, a spider arranged within the said memberimmediately below said flaring mouth and adapted to permit water togravitate therethrough and an upwardly extending screw-threaded membercarried by said spider and rising to a point substantially level withthe top of theflaring mouth and adapted for application to an umbrellarod.

4. A drip cup for umbrellas comprising an elongated tube-like memberhaving a flaring mouth, a spider within said member, said spider beingprovided with blades arranged at an inclination to each other the facesof which are vertically disposed and a screw-threaded member carried byand extended above said spider and adapted for application to anumbrella rod.

5. The combination of an umbrella having a truncated stem and a drip cupcomprising a rigid and straight tube the upper walls of which areexpanded to form a flaring mouth, a spider adapted for the passagetherethrough of water carried by the inner walls of said member adjacentto said flaring mouth, said spider terminating in upwardly extendingmeans adapted to receive and have secured thereto said truncated stem.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed. my name.

RICHARD VVINKELMAN.

Witnesses WILLIAM J. JAoKsoN, M. E. EASTLACK.

